Windmill.



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WI N D M I L L (Application filed June 24. 19024) kNo Model.)

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WILLIAM FAUBION, OF GAUSE,y TEXAS.

WINDNIILL.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,954, dated October 28, 1902.

Application tiled June 24,1902. Serial No. 112,970. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FAUBION, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gause, in the county of Milam, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindmills; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to windmills; and it has for its object to provide a mill containing but few parts, which will be cheap and simple of manufacture and will be highly eficient.

A further object'of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the wind-wheel may be entirely closed up when desired to protect it under extreme weather conditions.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description. i

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a section taken vertically.

through the tower and showing the mechanism therein in elevation. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the upper portion of in in plan view. l A

Referring now to the drawings, thereis shown a windmill comprising a tower, the lower portion 5 of which is preferably inclosed and is built over the well from which water is to be drawn by the mill, and upon the upper end of the portion 5 is a cupolaV 6,

the tower and showing the mechanism therecomprising the corner-uprights 7 and inter-` mediate uprights 8," having vertical guideways therein, in which slide doors 9, which may be raised to close the sides of the cupola or lowered to open them,the raising and lowering of the doors being effected by means of the ropes 10, passed over pulleys l1, secured to the roofbeams 12 and attached to the doors. Upon the cupola is the roof 13, and at the peak of the roof is mounted a bearingrace 14. A hanger 15 is passed downwardly through the race 14 and has a race 16 .above the race 14, and between these races are arranged bearing-balls 17. Below the ballbearing described is a second bearing. 18, through which the-hanger l5 is passed, and

at the lower end of the hanger is the stirrup v 19. In the stirrup 19 are bearings 20, in which is journaled the wheel-shaft 21, and at the forward end of this wheel-shaft is fixed the wind-wheel 22, while at the extreme forward end'is fixed the grindstone 23. To the stirrup 19 is attached a frame 24, comprising sills and connecting cross-pieces, and on the cross-piece 25 is a bearing 26 for the rear end of the shaft 2l. In the frame 24 is mounted the casing 27 of a grinding-mill, the casing containing a cylinder 28, a hopper 29 being provided to receive the grain and direct it to the grinding-faces.

At thelower end of the stirrup 19 is mounted a shaft 30, carrying a gear-wheel 81, which engages a pinion 32 on the shaft 2l, so thatthe shaft 30 will be rotated from the windwheel. On the shaft 30 isl fixed a drum 33, with which is engaged the belt 34, carrying buckets 35, and the belt hangs down into the Well below the tower, so that as the shaft 30 is rotated the belt will, be operated to raise the water and discharge it into a trough 36, which surrounds the belt below the shaft 30, this trough permitting the wheel to be swung to catch the wind and at the same time receiving the Water from the bucket.

` To insure the wheel remaining in the wind, a vane 37 is attached to the upper end of the hanger 1.5.

From the trough 36 leads a pipe 38 to a tank 39,'that holds the water that has been raised from the well.

It wiil be seen that with this construction one or more of the doors of the cupola may be lowered to permit more or less of the breeze to pass therethrough, and thus the speed of the wheel may be prevented from exceeding its proper point. Furthermore, the arrangement of the mechanism is such that the mill has many conveniences not ordinarily contained, it being understood that' a drum 40 maybe mounted upon the shaft 2l to 'receive a belt for transmitting energy.

In practice modifications of thespecific construction shown may be made, andV any suit- IOO able materials and proportions may be used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed isl. A windmiil comprising a rotatable hanger, a wind-wheel having a shaft journaled in the hanger, a pump carried by the hanger and rotatable therewith, said pump being operatively connected with the wheel shaft and a trough for receiving water from the pump, said trough surrounding the pump and mounted independently of the hanger.

2. A windmillcomprising a tower having a cupola, a hanger passed vertically through the cupola and having a stirrup at its lower end provided with bearings, ashatt mounted in said bearings and having a wind-wheel fixed thereon, a second shaft mounted in the stirrup and operatively connected with the wheel-shaft, a drum upon the second shaft, a belt upon the drum and having buckets to receive and raise water, a trough surrounding the belt below the drum, and means for conveying water from the trough.

3. A windmill comprising a tower having a cupola, a hanger passed vertically through the cupola and having a stirrup at its lower endprovided with bearings, a shaft mounted in said bearings and having a wind-Wheel fixed thereon, a grinding-stone xed to the shaft in advance of the wind-Wheel, a frame connected to the stirrup, a grinding mechanism in the frame and comprising a cylinder mounted upon the Wheel-shaft, asecond shaft mounted in the stirrup and operatively connected with the wheel-shaft, a drum upon in presence of two witnesses.

W'ILLIAM FAUBION.

Witnesses:

G. PURvIs, N. W. WHITE. 

